Adjustable gate



1 June 12, 1923.

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y unw se sra'rss To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EnwAnn "a' citizen of'the United 'States,-"residing at Patented June 12, 1923.

EDWARD E. Anson, or enamel-s, 01110.

meant ADJUSTABLE GATE. I

A pp l ication filed October 27, 1920. Serial in; 419,883.

E. Anson,

Clarksville, in the county 'of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvementsin an Adjustable Gate; and I do hereby d'eclarethe follow-,.

ingto be a full, 'clear, and'exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The object of the invention is toprovide "a gate for farm and other use which while being constructed mainly of wood is not T1'9-are' carried by thefhinge post and may open to the objections ordinarily offered to the use of that material in the matter of warping, sagging and deterioration by rotting due to the lack of ventilation and the retention ofmoisture' aftera rain; and a further object is to provideafgatewhich may be" readily adjusted longitudinally and vertically toinsure a proper and effective operation thereof; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construe tionand combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the'acon the plane Figure '1.

' Figure 4 is a similar section on the plane indicated by the line of Figure 1.1

Figure 5 is a similar sect-ion on the plane indicated by the line 55 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail section on the plane indicated by the line 6-6 of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a detail view of the upper hinge bar. i f

Figure 8 is a similar View of the lower hinge bar. Y

' swings between the latch post 10 and the hinge post 11 is composed of longitudinal slats or boards 12 and transverse tie bars 13, the latter also being of wood, if desired, and being relatively'narrow to cover the minimum surfaces of the boards to allow ample opportunity for the quick drying of the surfaces of the latter after a rain, the riderboard 14 being arranged upon the upper edge of the upper-marginal board 12 and the tie bars and boards being secured togetherfbytransverse bolts 15 Thetie bars may :be arranged-in pairs of which the mem- Y bersare' arranged at opposite sidesof the plane of the boards or runners 12 to afford added strength," and diagonal metallic braces 16- and :17'maybe arranged as shown,

mediate,- as for example the central tie barto the marginal tie bar the hinged lend of the gate structure.

The upper and lower hinge pins18 and beofany preferred construction and in engagement respectively therewith a'r'e'the eyes at'the adjacentends of the upper and lower liinge bars 20 and 21 The upperhinge bar extends between the tie bars at the hihged end of thevgate and is seated-in a notch 22 formed in a'guide' plate :23which is arranged transversely of the gate to span the interval between the tie b-ars,'said upper 'hinge bar extending preferably to thelcenter of the length of the gate and being provided in its underside with a series-of notches 24:, for

selective engagement with an anchorpin 25 arranged transrersely'between theftiebars 'a-t'the center of the'g'ate, said anchorjpin also serving in the construction illustrated as the means for securing the upp erreargend of the brace '16 to said tie bars.-

At an intermediate point the upper hinge bar extends through a loopedkeeper 26 of which the legs pass through one of'thetie 'barsand are" engaged byfnuts27gv 'Sa id' keeper serves" to hold the intermediate pore tion of the upper hinge-bar in: roper relation withthe other elements ofjt e gateand prevent sagging thereof while a"'cros s pin or bolt 28 by which the upper rear end or- V the brace 17 is secured to the tie bars" at the V Figure 9 is a similar view of the upperhinge bar tripor lift.

hinged end of the gate extends over the upper edge of the hinge bar 20. g The lower hinge bar of which the termi-- nal eye 29 is engaged with the lower hin e pln extends between the tie bars at t e hinged end of the gate and through a notch or seat 30 in a seat plate 31 arrangedtrans verselyv spanning the interval between said- I tie bars at the hinged end Jof'the gate, said lo-werhinge bar extending under and therefore bearing upward upon the seatplate or" inithe reverse relation thereto as compared hinge bar extends through an opening in a guide 32 spanning the interval between two of the longitudinal members or boards of the gate and provided with ears 33 which are bolted as at 34 to said boards. The lower hinge bar is perforated at 35 for engagement by a pin 36 to determine the distance between the hinged end of the gate and the hinge pin.

It will be obvious from the foregoing description that the free end of the gate may be tilted upward to any desired extent by the selective engagement of the notches 2 of the upper hinge bar with the anchor pin 25, and that longitudinal adjustment of the gate can be effected by bodily movement of the gate with relation to both the upper and lower hinge bars, the engagement of the se curing pin 26 with different openings 35 of the lower hinge bar being effected to agree with the engagement of the anchor pin 25 with the notches 2a of the upper hinge bar.

In order to facilitate the vertical adjustment of the free end of the gate there is preferably employed a trip or lift 37 consisting of a lever pivotally mounted at 38 upon one of the longitudinal members of the gate and having its upper arm provided with a transverse lift pin 39 engaged with the upper hinge bar near its inner or free end. Connected with the opposite arm of the trip or lift is an operatingovire 40 extending asindicated to the free end of the gate so that it may be grasped by the operator and drawn to tilt the trip or lift to raise the free end of the upper hinge bar out of engagement with one of the notches 24: to permit of either raising or lowering the free end of the gate.

From the foregoing description it will be observed that the bottom or lower hinge is of such a construction as to resist thrust toward the hinge post while the upper hinge embodies a bar which extends toward and tensionally supports the free or swinging end of the gate the connection or engage ment of said bar with the gate being in the construction illustrated at or near the center of the length of the gate, as distinguished from those structures in which the weight 0f the free or swinging end of the gate is supported by means connected with the gate at or near its hinge end and which latter arrangement results in practice in permitting a sagging ofthe free or swinging end of the gate and a straining thereof in use, which is entirely eliminated with the construction herein described. The downward and outward extension of the diagonal brace 16 from the point of engagement of the upper hinge bar with the gate toward the free or swinging end of the gate serves to divert the tensional resistance of the upper hinge bar so as to afford a liftingefi'ect upon the free end of the gate in the direction of the length of said brace 16.

\Vhile the preferred embodiment of this invention is shown and described it will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the'invention, what I claim is A gate including longitudinal and vertical bars, means securing said vertical bars to said longitudinal barsand to each other,

a hinge bar connected with the upper edge of said gate, a hinge bar at the lower edge of said gate having openings therein and extending between a pair of said Vertical bars, a plate connecting said pair of vertical bars and engaging said hinge bar, a block connecting. a pair of said longitudinal bars, said block having an opening therethrough throu h which said second named hinge bar extent s, and a pin selectively engageable in the openings in said second named hinge bar and engageable with the rear pair of vertical bars to resist thrusts of the gate toward the gate support and to compensate for changes in adjustment of the gate.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD n. Anson.

Witnesses GUY ANDREW, LAwnnNon J. GRAY. 

